When comparing Mark of the Old Ones vs UnEpic, the Slant community recommends UnEpic for most people. In the question“What are the best metroidvania games for the PC?”UnEpic is ranked 8th while Mark of the Old Ones is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose UnEpic is:

The game includes lots of places and secret areas to explore, as well as sidequests to find, an extensive leveling system, and huge amounts of loot.

Pros

Pro

Unique, inverse kinematics-based control scheme that allows rarely seen freedom of control

By utilizing an inverse kinematics-based control scheme there is zero need for pre rendered animations for the character. It is animated real time.

Pro

Immersive, HP Lovecraft-inspired aesthetic

Mark of the Old Ones has a HP Lovecraft inspired aesthetics and graphics with the protagonist being a tendril laden creature who traverse landscapes that look fitting for any lovecraftian themed title.

Pro

Free of restrictive DRM

Without having DRM loaded into the game users can not only play the game without an internet connection but also play it on as many of their compatible devices as they like. On top of this it can also be shared with friends, just as one would have back before DRM existed.

Pro

Lots of content

The game includes lots of places and secret areas to explore, as well as sidequests to find, an extensive leveling system, and huge amounts of loot.

Pro

Fun comedic story

There are lots of jabs and jokes in this game. Basically you play as a jerk, which leads to a number of humorous situations that shouldn’t be taken too seriously.

Pro

Large amount of player created levels to complete

Cons

Con

Limited architecture support

Mark of the Old Ones has no plans to create or support a 32bit version of the game which will limited people who are still using older 32bit systems.

Con

Grindy

Casting magic requires reagents, and getting reagents means farming trash mobs. This isn’t very fun when you need to stock up for some difficult bosses.